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| Built by: | Wells, Wigram & Green at Blackwall. | |
| Yard No. | 148 | |
| Launched: | 18th December 1811 | |
| Tonnage: | 955 34/94 | |
| Length: | 120' 2" | |
| Breadth: | 38' 8" | |
| Depth: | 15' 1" | |
| Machinery: | Sail | |
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| Type: | East Indiaman. | |
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| Built for: | East India Co. Ship's Husband - Gabriel Gillett. | |
| Other info: | Cost £27 per ton = £25,651 + £376 extra. | |
| History: | 10th March 1812. Sailed from London for Madras and Bengal, Captain George Nicholls. 9th July 1812. Arrived at Madras. 13th July 1812. Sailed from Bengal. 16th May 1813. Arrived in London. 1814. Wigram & Green held shares in the vessel. 10th May 1814. Sailed from London for Madras and Bengal. 18th Jan 1815. Destroyed by fire off Pointe de Galle, Ceylon. Twenty lived lost. | |
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